Aili Farquhar called on Monday evening with the following dispatch. (The phone signal cut out at the end, but we can extrapolate from her comments that the team's plan for Tuesday 6/18 is to move from Base Camp on the Southeast Fork to Camp 1 at 7800' on the main Kahiltna Glacier.)

Paul Ivaska called at 6 PM PST yesterday to let folks know that they have flown off the glacier, and will be enjoying some well deserved food and drink in Talkeetna after a great and very successful expedition. Everyone has had a great trip, and you'll be seeing your climbers soon!

Chad Cochran called at 3:00pm PST on June 4th with the following dispatch:

Chad reported that it was snowing lightly and team 4 is hunkered down at 14,200 foot camp. Luckily they have a pack of cards to help bide the time. The team is anxious to see the weather improve so they can make a cache at 16,200 foot.

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